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By truck drivers. the protesters who are angry at covid restrictions are blocking cross border trade at several crossing points. that's in addition to the ongoing demonstration in the capital, ottowa. the ambassador bridge between ontario and detroit is one of the busiest border crossings in north america and a supply route for carmakers. there is disuption too at coutts in the province of alberta, and emerson in manitoba. the economic cost is likely to be considerable. samira hussain has the latest. horns blare. for yet another day, lorry drivers furious at vaccine mandates and covid restrict...

Hong kong imports around 90% of its food, most of it coming from the mainland, but the authorities insist action is being taken. translation: the first task is to recruit more lorry - drivers who have not been exposed to infection risk, and second is to ensure that all cross—border drivers will have covid—19 tests every day. once the results are negative, they're allowed to work across the border. so far, hong kong has been relatively lucky, with only around 200 deaths since the pandemic began. but with medical experts warning the number of daily cases could reach nearly 30,000 a day by th...

The euroferry olympia was travelling a routine nine—hourjourney from igoumenitsa in greece to brindisi in italy when the fire broke out early on friday. in the dark, passengers were woken and told to get into life rafts, but some passengers are still missing. their relatives face an agonising wait for information. translation: i spoke to another driver that was also _ in the hold in the cars. i asked him if he had news of my father. he said they had seen him, but, "after they took us out of the ship, the passengers gathered together and we were looking for your father but could not find him ...

In hong kong, the hospitals are almost bursting at the seams. at this accident and emergency department, the patients queue up on trolleys outside. for more than two years, the authorities have tried to keep the virus out, but covid numbers are rising at an alarming rate. none of this lost on the central government in beijing, with president xijinping urging the hong kong authorities to get a grip. quoted in a local state—run newspaper, he told them to... they should... the effects of the virus are being felt in numerous ways. locals are facing food shortages, as many of the lorry drivers wh...

Remaining covid restrictions are now set to be lifted england at the end of february — four weeks earlier than previously planned. the shortened timsecale was announced by borisjohnson, who said it depended on the current downward trend continuing. meanwhile, police are to review a decision not to investigate one of the downing street parties, after an image surfaced showing prime minister borisjohnson near a bottle of wine. police in southern india have made 15 arrests after violent protests over moves to ban islamic headscarves from colleges. the state of karnataka has shut down all high s...